Men's Basketball Falls at LSU in 2025 Finale

Monday, December 29

Baton Rouge, LA

7 PM

Southern Miss

7-7,1-1Sun Belt

LSU

12-1,0-0SEC

Southern Miss.

LSU

Men's Basketball Falls at LSU in 2025 Finale

12/29/2025 10:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Game Book Postgame Notes

BATON ROUGE, La. – Southern Miss (7-7, 1-1 Sun Belt) fell 90-62 on Monday night against LSU (12-1, 0-0 SEC) at the Maravich Center in its final game of 2025. The Golden Eagles now turn back to Sun Belt play as it opens the new year at ULM.

Notables
- Southern Miss used its sixth different starting lineup combination with #1 Curt Lewis, #2 Brewer Carruth, #4 Tylik Weeks, #13 Dylan Brumfield and #15 Djahi Binet
- The first Southern Miss points were scored by Djahi Binet for the second time this season. It was the ninth time the first points came on a layup or tip-in
- First subs off the Golden Eagle bench were Tegra Izay and Chiante' Tramble at the 14:30 mark
- Southern Miss is 6-6 in non-conference play with one game left in the MAC-SBC Challenge later in the season
- With only 10 turnovers tonight, Southern Miss is on its lowest three-game turnover stretch this season. The Golden Eagles turned the ball over eight times against Louisiana and 11 times against Arkansas State
- Southern Miss forced its fifth shot clock violation of the season in the first
- LSU's 11 blocks were the most by a Golden Eagle opponent this season. It's the most by an opponent since Mississippi State had 11 blocks on Dec. 19, 2016
- Southern Miss has made 20+ free throws in five games after going 21-for-29. The Golden Eagles have now made at least 20 free throws in three straight games
- Southern Miss finished with 33 bench points and eclipsed the 30-point mark for the fifth time this season. Tegra Izay was the leading scorer off the bench with 11 points
- Brewer Carruth made his first start since starting against Buffalo and Tougaloo to open the season. It was the fourth start of his career
- Carruth has six offensive boards in the last two games, after two tonight and four in the last outing against Arkansas State
- Tylik Weeks finished in double figures for the 12th time this season after scoring 12. He's scored 10+ in 11 straight games
- Curt Lewis has made a three-pointer in seven of the last eight games after having two against LSU
- Izzy Hart continued his hot free-throw shooting, going 6-for-6 tonight. He is now 28-30 on the season
- Fallou Diagne drilled his first three-pointer since going 1-for-3 against Grambling on Dec. 8. He made one against the Tigers
- Diagne scored a season-high nine points. His previous high was five against William Carey on Nov. 18
- Tegra Izay scored 11 points and recorded his fifth dunk of the season. His 11 points were his most since scoring 10 against William Carey on Nov. 18
- Izay reached double figures for the fifth time in his career and the second time this season
- EJ Paymon's six points were his most since scoring nine against William Carey on Nov. 18

How it Happened
Dylan Brumfield quickly gave Southern Miss the ball after stealing an errant LSU pass on the first possession, and Djahi Binet capitalized on the other end for the first Southern Miss points – it was his second time scoring first for the Golden Eagles. The Tigers managed to go on an 8-0 run after that Binet basket to make it 13-4.

The Golden Eagles got a huge three-pointer from Fallou Diagne to cut the Tiger lead to eight after LSU went on a four-minute stretch of no field goals. LSU answered with a 9-0 run to pull ahead 33-16 with six minutes to play in the first half.

Southern Miss got a late spark with a Tegra Izay and-one with under a minute to go in the half and then Diagne made a smooth turnaround jumper to cur the lead to nine with 28 seconds on the clock. Both of those baskets came after Southern Miss forced its fifth shot-clock violation of the season.

The Golden Eagles went into the half trailing by 11 after a late Tiger score – LSU led by as many as 17 before Southern Miss could cut it at the break. Southern Miss went 11-for-30 from the field, making it the most shots made in the opening 20 minutes since connecting on 11 shots against Ole Miss.

LSU started the second half six-for-eight from the field as the Tigers pulled ahead 53-38 at the first media timeout. LSU used four different scorers in that stretch as part of its balanced attack, while Curt Lewis was the only scorer for the Golden Eagles over the first three minutes of the half – Lewis hit a free throw and connected on his second three-pointer of the game.

Southern Miss went on an 8-2 run over a two-minute span that ended with a pair of Diagne free throws and a Brumfield layup. Brumfield's score came after Lewis stole the inbounds pass under the LSU basket. LSU answered back with a 7-0 run to take an 18-point lead, which was its largest of the night at that point.

The Tigers added to their lead after that when Mike Nwoko started a 6-0 run with an alley-oop. LSU pushed the lead to 21 in that stretch as it led 73-52 with 7:11 to play in the game. Southern Miss went on a 1-for-12 stretch shooting the ball that allowed LSU to firmly take control over the back half of the game. LSU stretched its lead to 29 points before finishing off the 28-point win.

Up Next
Southern Miss will travel to ULM and Louisiana as it gets back to Sun Belt action later this week. The Golden Eagles continue the Louisiana swing in Monroe on Thursday at 12 p.m. for a New Year's Day game at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

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